Device for slicing eggs into layers



J. w. HARBANOFF I 2,455,416

DEVICE FOR SLICING EGGS INTO LAYERS 51195. Feb; 3, 1947 l bx INVENTOR. Jose ab 1 1/. Harbanoff ATTOKNEHS Patented Dec. 7, 1948 STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR SLICIN G EGGS INTO LAYERS Joseph W. Harbanoif, New York, N. Y.

Application February 3, 1947, Serial No. 726,151

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to food slicers and refers more particularly to food slicing means adapted for use in restaurants, lunch rooms and the like, as well as by the housewife.

An object of the invention is to provide a cheap, simple and portable article with few parts which will rapidly and accurately slice certain common foods such as eggs, sausage, cheese, and similar condiments.

Other objects of the present invention will become apparent in the course of the following specification.

The objects of the present invention may be realized through the provision of an article containing a series of plates provided with a hole in which the food may be inserted, whereupon the food may be sliced into convenient layers by means of a swinging gate knife. Thus the entire operation of the article requires only two movements, namely, locating the food and swinging the knife.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings showing, by way of example, a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the food slicer constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view along the line 3--3 of 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the food slicer is composed of ten identical plates 5 placed vertically one over the other. These ten plates 5 each have a hole 6 which of course should be made the proper size to accommodate the food in question, such as eggs, Bologna, liverwurst, cheese and the like. The plates may be made of any suitable material, such as plastics, glass, Wood or metal, and may be transparent, translucent or opaque.

There is also an eleventh plate I which has no hole since the food must naturally rest on this plate 7 while being sliced.

All of the above plates are bolted together, as shown on Figs. 2 and 3, one above the other, by means of bolts 8 which have cap nuts 9 and lock nuts E l he upper end. At the lower end of the bolts 8. there are installed rubber or fibre washers i on which the assembly may rest. There is also a steel washer 37 used to give bearagainst the material of the plates.

All of the above plates 5 and I have holesl2 for lightening purposes.

Furthermore each and all of the plates ,5 and I have slots l3 although these slots are differently located in assembly. It will be seen then that all plates 5 and I could be made up from the same dies since they are alike except that plate I has no food hole 6. The egg M in phantom .in Fig. 3 is shown resting on plate 1.

In the assembly of the plates, the top plate 5 and the bottom plate 1 are reversed with respect to the intermediate plates so that the slots l3 of the top plate 5 and the bottom plate I are located to the side of the slots l3 of the intermediate plates which are all in alinement. Then the swinging knife assembly l5 may be pivoted at It where a vertical socket I! is formed by this arrangement.

In order to provide the desired space between the plates so that the food may be sliced to the desired thickness, the spacers 8 and I9 are inserted, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the spacers l8 being inserted at the point 20 behind the pivot l5 of the swinging gate knife assembly l5, while the spacers I9 are installed at the corners.

The knife assembly I5 is composed of a metal frame 2| which is assembled with the right vertical side 22 in the vertical socket I! in such a way that it is free to swing in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 or in the reverse direction.

On the frame 2| is a fine steel wire 23 which is arranged and strung or routed in such a way that it forms ten horizontal cutters 24,

This is done by routing the fine steel wire 23, from the screw 25 in Fig. 3 where it is secured at the bottom of the left vertical side 26 of the knife frame 2|, through the slot 29 to the right vertical side 22 of the knife frame 2|, through a similar slot 39 on the right vertical side 22 of the knife frame 2|, thence upward to the next slot 3| and back to the second slot 32 on the left vertical side 26 of the knife frame 2|. This process is continued until there are ten horizontal cutters 24 whereupon the end of the wire is secured by screw 33 at the left top corner of frame 2|, as shown on Figs. 2 and 3.

The food slicer is operated as follows:

When the gate knife assembly is swung in the direction of the arrow (or vice versa), as shown on Fig. 1, each of the horizontal cutters 24 will be guided in its path by the plates 5 and l and. must necessarily travel through a space 35, and in so doing will slice the food in a certain very definite plane, thus making an accurately cut slice between every two cutters. It should also 3 be added that the fillets 36 at the upper and lower inner ends of the right vertical side 22 of the knife frame 2| are accurately located, so that they bear on the edge of the top plate 5 and the bottom plate I, thus locating the frame 2| in a certain definite position in its travel.

It is apparent that the thickness of the food slices may be easily altered by using thinner or thicker spacers 2| and 23. These spacers may be changed by removing the bolts 8 and installing the new spacers and replacing the bolts 8. In this case it would also be necessary to replace the knife assembly I5 with another knife assembly of the proper size. Furthermore, the illustrated food slicer is capable of other variations and modifications without departing from the scope or intent of the present invention. All of such variations and modifications are to be included within the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:

A food slicer comprising a plurality of plates of substantially the same form, each of said plates having a corner and two other corners equidistant therefrom, straight edges joining the firstmentioned corner with said two other corners and a circular edge joining said two other corners with each other, a plurality of spacers located at said corners and maintaining said plates uniformly spaced one directly above the other, bolts extending through said spacers and said corners of the plates, those of said plates which are 10- cated above the lowermost plate having a substantially central opening formed therein for receivin food to be sliced, each of said plates having a slot formed therein and extending close to the first-mentioned corner from one of said straight edges and parallel to the other straight edge, the location of at least one of said plates being reversed in relation to other plates so that the walls of the slot thereof extend transversely to the walls of the slots of said other plates, a cutting frame having a pivotal portion extending through said slots, an outer portion located beyond said circular edge and extending parallel to REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 283,686 Tripp Aug. 21, 1883 2,073,257 Van Riper Mar. 9, 1937 2,413,382 Sargent et al Dec. 31, 1946 

